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Monday, January 14, 2013

chopped rhubarb quilt top

I finished my scrappy trip quilt top!!! I (only) made 20 blocks, so it measures 48" x 60". I usually prefer larger lap quilts, but at some point you gotta call it a day and move on to the next idea. I love the color scheme I went with. So cheery and fun!

I had a few blocks that were troublesome during the layout process. I thought about scrapping those 2 blocks altogether, but before setting them aside, I thought I should try to rearrange things.

here's the block before....

and the block after.

I took the block apart (only one seam!) and rearranged the two halves. Lining up all the navy squares in one diagonal line was more pleasing than having them disjointed. I repaired the other block in a similar fashion and I was able to use both of them after all! Hurray!

I even found time to fold up all the leftovers and tuck them back into my stash. It feels great!

If you are interested in making a quilt similar to this, you can find the tutorial here.

Oh, what perfect timing to find your post today. I just finished getting mine all cut out today, and I folded my fabrics back as I went this time, so as to avoid the usual mess I have when I'm through. I hope mine comes out looking as good as yours ! I even went through and chose all my 'sixes'.I've cut more pastels, and put my strongest color through the center on most of the blocks. I hope mine comes out looking as good as yours !

I did. I started it. I had some fat quarters of Flea Market Fancy, and I just went crazy and cut them all up. Yes, I did. I have seven blocks made, strips sewn together for five more, and strips cut for 11 more. That's all I could get out of the FQs. Anyway, enough about me. ;) I love the colors you chose and, of course, am very impressed with how quickly you put the top together. Loving it.

Love your color combination. Oh, and can I say it again--thanks for teaching me to chop rhubarb--for reals!! So anyway, that was brilliant to change those two blocks. I would never have thought of that. I'm glad I did the solid version but I really want to do a scrappy version. Yours is really cheery. Isn't it funny how things catch on over at Instagram. I was just telling my friend that now it's like the trip-a-long is so "last week" because this week everyone is doing the cross-X block. *sigh* I can't keep up....

Beautiful! I wish you would give more instructtion on fabric selection. Did you place fabrics by value? Make selections based on color? I'm new to your blog but I find I want to make all of your quilts.